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January 4, 2012

Sleep Deprivation by Doctors Harms Patients

Sleep Deprivation is touted in the
medical profession and doctors seem to think that it is okay. Not
only that, but for doctors that report working too many hours are
ostracized for reporting this. It is no wonder patients are so
distrusting of doctors. We are slowly learning that doctors are not
taking their Hippocratic Oath seriously and doing more patients harm
than good.

These are some of the bad apples that
need to be weeded out of the profession. It is small wonder that
residents and doctors in training are fighting the system to reduce
the work hours. I was harsh about the treatment of medical residents
working hours, but this study points out that doctors are even harder
on their fellow doctors when they do not work as many hours as their
cohorts feel they should.

The lead investigator stated that they
were surprised by the results of the study of before 2003 hours
worked and the after 2003 hours worked. They suspected that the
outcomes would have been the same before and after 2003. Instead,
the complication rate decreased.

The following is an important
statement, “In fact, many residents record
their hours at below 80 and really work 80 hour weeks, and those that
record otherwise or speak up are retaliated against by their
superiors. Unfortunately, there is no real law to ensure the uniform
standard being implemented by UCLA in accordance with the 2003
guidelines is actually being followed in other hospitals. The health
care profession needs that type of enforceable law to make sure
health care providers are not exceeding the maximum allowable hours
and putting people's lives at risk.”

This ties in with another article by Trisha Torrey about the lack of hospital autopsies being
performed. This is how many hospitals hide poor care and avoid
families learning about mistakes doctors are making. Read this
article as it points out many of the habits of hospitals to avoid
troubles with family lawsuits.

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I am enjoying life, despite diabetes type 2. I am retired and enjoying the time I have for writing and photography. I was diagnosed with type 2 on Oct 2003, on oral meds for 4 months and they were doing nothing to really improve my daily readings. By cutting my carbohydrates I received the most improvement, but still not enough. Then I requested insulin, even though I did not like the thought of needles. That brought about the biggest change and A1c's in the lower 6's and upper 5's. Now I am working at maintaining them under 6.0 and hopefully nearer 5.5.